But Jack Klugman’s son took as an insult the fact that his father wasn’t recognized but Monteith was.

“I think it’s criminal,” Adam Klugman told the Associated Press.

Jack Klugman, who starred in “The Odd Couple” and “Quincy,” won three Emmys in his lifetime.

“My dad was at the inception of television and helped build it in the early days,” Klugman said. “It’s an insult and it really seems typical of this youth-centric culture that has an extremely short attention span and panders to only a very narrow demographic.”

Jack Klugman was honored in a group remembrance with other Emmy nominees who died last year, including Larry Hagman of “Dallas” and Charles Durning of “Evening Shade.”

Monteith, who was never nominated for an Emmy, died at the age of 31 this summer of a heroin overdose. Adam Klugman said his accomplishments didn’t merit that kind of recognition.

“What about the people who should be introduced to somebody like my father?” he told the AP. “I don’t mean to say anything disparaging about Cory, but he was a kid who had won no Emmys and it was a self-induced tragedy.”

That part of the statement came off as somewhat callous toward those who suffer from the disease of addiction. In her eulogy for Monteith, Jane Lynch didn’t hide the fact that her young co-star battled some formidable demons.

“His death is a tragic reminder of the rapacious, senseless destruction that is brought upon by addiction,” she told the audience.

Edie Falco delivered a tearful tribute to her “Sopranos” husband Gandolfini, who died at 51 this summer from a heart attack.

“His portrayal of Tony Soprano had such depth and dimension that a lot of people still have a hard time believing that’s not who he really was,” Falco said. “Well, I’m here to tell you, Jim was really quite different. He had tremendous warmth and heart. He was kind and uniquely generous.”

She recounted his love for friends and family. Then, she started to cry.

“You all knew James Gandolfini, the actor,” she says, choking back tears. “But I was lucky enough to know Jim, the man – for 10 years as his close colleague, pretend life partner and for many more years as his friend. And it’s Jim the man, a very dear man, that I will miss most of all.”